ARQANA

French Auction House

In 2008, Damon Gabbedy of Belmont Bloodstock Agency was named the Australian & New Zealand representative of ARQANA.

Arqana is a European auction house that operates horse auctions including the Ventes de Deauville, one of the world’s largest auctions for thoroughbred yearlings held in August of each year in Deauville, France.

Created by the merger of auctioneers L’Agence Française de Vente du Pur-sang and Goffs France, Arqana is headed by chairman Georges Rimaud. The company’s majority shareholder is the Aga Khan IV, France’s biggest thoroughbred owner-breeder. A consortium of French breeders owns approximately 30 percent with the remainder owned by Artcurial, the art auction house subsidiary of the Dassault Group.
Damons role as the Australasian representative is to promote French Racing and Breeding within Australia & New Zealand and to assist interested parties to purchase bloodstock from the French sales.

Damon attends both the August Yearling Sale and December Breeding Stock Sale annually. Damon and his team provide many services including assistance with: